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Botany

Terms that are in relation to the study or science of plants.

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imbricate

Plants; Botany

Of perianth parts, having the edges overlapping in the bud. Cf. Valvate.

complicate

Plants; Botany

Of leaves, the lamina (or part of the lamina) folded upon itself.

bipinnate

Plants; Botany

Of leaves, twice pinnately divided. Cf. Pinnate, tripinnate.

terrestrial

Plants; Botany

Of or on the ground; of the habitat of a plant, on land as opposed to in water, or on the ground as opposed to on another plant.

juvenile

Plants; Botany

Of leaves, formed on a young plant and different in form from the adult leaves.

lorate

Plants; Botany

Of leaves, strap-shaped (moderately long with the two margins parallel).

equitant

Plants; Botany

Of leaves, folded in half along the midline so that the adaxial surface disappears, and overlapping the edges of a similarly folded leaf on the opposite side of the stem.

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